June 2020

Been away so long I hardly knew the place! Trouble with RRV? (Resident Return Visa)

In this post I want to write about two (2) recent – well fairly recent – cases I won that had a similar set of… Read More »Been away so long I hardly knew the place! Trouble with RRV? (Resident Return Visa)

RESIDENT RETURN VISA (SUBCLASSES 155 AND 157) In addition to the grant of a permanent visa you will receive an initial five (5) year “entry… Read More »Time to come Home? The ins and out of RESIDENT RETURN VISA (RRV)

Australian Migration Department has granted 3,000 exemptions to overseas travel ban Despite approving 2,937 requests for overseas travel, over 1,000 applications have been denied in… Read More »Ticket to ride – can I leave Australia?: The how and why of travel during the time of Covid 19.

One of the truly great joys and a source of continuing interest for me as an immigration lawyer in my work is it gives me… Read More »Super Stars: Distinguished Talent Visa

The Minister has powers under the Migration Act 1958 to to intervene in your case when the Minister thinks it is in the public interest to do… Read More »Ministerial Intervention. Success for a student visa refused at the AAT.

There is an old English saying – “more than one way to skin a cat” which means, if you look hard enough you will often… Read More »Refugee & Citizenship: Cat skinning made easy! Citizenship grant for the daughter of Refugee applicant

Recently I was retained to appear at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) to represent a young woman who had had her visa refused. If you… Read More »AR LAW SERVICES: Important win at the AAT. Child Visa Refusal Case

Over the last quarter of a century or so that I have been helping people win the right to live in and call Australia home… Read More »AR LAW Services win at the AAT for the family of Tiananmen Square “Hero”